Monday, January 3, 2011

Wikileaks doing good in the world … as opposed to Monsanto and the U.S. Government

 

Wikileaks: U.S. targets EU over genetically modified crops

I do NOT want the U.S. government to carry on this kind of action or act in this despicable way on my behalf. I repudiate what my government does to help corporate sharks like Monsanto try to monopolize a global economy.

Thank you Wikileaks. Keep it up.

Excerpts:

US embassy cable recommends drawing up list of countries for 'retaliation' over opposition to genetic modification

The US embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any European Union country which opposed genetically modified (GM) crops, newly released WikiLeaks cables show.

In response to moves by France to ban a Monsanto GM corn variety in late 2007, the ambassador, Craig Stapleton, a friend and business partner of former US president George Bush, asked Washington to penalise the EU and particularly countries which did not support the use of GM crops.

"Country team Paris recommends that we calibrate a target retaliation list that causes some pain across the EU since this is a collective responsibility, but that also focuses in part on the worst culprits.

Who told our diplomas to shill for a company whose most recent history is to use legal chicanery to steal farms from ordinary American citizens?

In other newly released cables, US diplomats around the world are found to have pushed GM crops as a strategic government and commercial imperative.

Tell our government to stay out of the religious capitalism business.

Because many Catholic bishops in developing countries have been vehemently opposed to the controversial crops, the US applied particular pressure to the pope's advisers.

Cables from the US embassy in the Vatican show that the US believes the pope is broadly supportive of the crops after sustained lobbying of senior Holy See advisers, but regrets that he has not yet stated his support. The US state department special adviser on biotechnology as well as government biotech advisers based in Kenya lobbied Vatican insiders to persuade the pope to declare his backing. "… met with [US monsignor] Fr Michael Osborn of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, offering a chance to push the Vatican on biotech issues, and an opportunity for post to analyse the current state of play on biotech in the Vatican generally," says one cable in 2008.

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